Chiang Mai- Hill Tribe

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We headed out to the Elephant camp to ride the elephants and take a river tour on a bamboo raft. After the raft tour we set out by 4x4 to spend the night with the Lisu tribe. We arrived at the tribal village later that afternoon and met the chief and his family. There were 18 families living in bamboo huts who made there living as farmers. This was the real deal, no plumbing, no phones, no electricity except for some solar panels charging car batteries for lights. After we arrived we presented some gifts of rum and whiskey  to the chief and our guide Jack started preparing dinner for us. The huts were about as basic as it gets with dirt floors and flattened bamboo walls. The kitchen was three clay pots over open fire in one area of the hut. Sleeping was a challenge as we slept on a large raised wooden deck. Throughout the night, we listened to the sounds of pigs, dogs, chickens and one very vocal rooster. Apparently the rooster didn't want to miss sunrise so he sounded off about once an hour, every hour, all night!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>After breakfast the next day we set off for a two hour trek over and down the mountain to another tribal village. We met with Jack's driver there and headed back to Chiang Mai. </B></div> <div> <B>After returning back to our hotel, we decided it was time for a nap. About 15 hours later we woke up. </B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="10958c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>Cindy crossing the bridge at the elephant camp.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="10b58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>Elephants and their trainers cooling off in the river. </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="10d58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>Elephants were trained for logging and farming. </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 443 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="10f58b50.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>After the show, we set out for a ride through the jungle on elephant back. </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 443 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11158b50.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>After our elephant ride, we made our way to the river for a bamboo raft tour. The hat may look funny but at about 105 degrees, it was the only shade available.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 443 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11358b50.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>Cindy didn't,  see it coming as we were about to shoot the rapids!</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11558c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>View from above the hill tribe village we stayed in. 18 families live in this village.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11758c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>We were welcomed by the local free roaming livestock as we entered the village.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11958c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>If you know us, the first thing we check out is the kitchen. Not much to look at but it did the job. I think the clay pot on the left had a Jenn-Air logo on it.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11b58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>The chief's son and his buddies with the nocturnally challenged rooster.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="12558c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>Our guide Jack breaks out the rum and gets ready to start dinner.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11d58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>Cindy sitting on raised wood deck inside the hut. We soon learned it was also our bed.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="11f58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>Jack fires up the car battery lamp so we can dine in style.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="12158c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>Since we were the guests we ate first. There are about 15 people watching us eat from behind the camera. They would not eat until we finished.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="12358c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>After we ate, the chief and his family sat down to enjoy the meal Jack prepared for us.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="12758c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>The next morning, we made toast and jam for all of the village children. Judging by their reaction, they don't get bread and jam very often. They loved it and kept coming back for more. That explains the smiles!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 644 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="12b587e0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="638" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>After breakfast we started our trek over and down the mountain through the bamboo jungle.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 461 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="12d58c70.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="455" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="604"><div> <B>Grabbing a quick rest at one of the farmers huts. These huts were all over the mountain's foothills and in the fields.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 456 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="12f58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>Water buffalo crossing as we entered the Karen tribe's village.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 494 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="13158e80.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="488" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>Karen tribe woman preparing some food for the families hogs.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="604"><div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chiang Mai Cooking School"><U><B>>> Click here for Chaing Mai Cooking School >></B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="604"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="604" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>